Scuba divers

Underwater Adventures scuba diver explores kelp forest

Kelp forests, wrecks, unique marine creatures such as the Spotted Handfish and seapens, sponge beds, rocky reefs…

The extensive waterways around Hobart provide varied opportunities for divers with a range of interests. Many top sites can be dived by Open Water Divers while there are deeper reefs and wrecks that will appeal to more experienced divers looking for a challenge.

The nature of the area is such that there is a wide range of marine habitats in close proximity, with a diversity of marine life that will appeal to keen naturalists and photographers.

We run daily boat dives from our 10m Powercat Kahala. Most of our dive sites involve 30-60 mins travel and so, to give you the best value for money, we mostly run double dives. You will travel in comfort year round and with so many sheltered bays in the Derwent estuary and the D’Entrecasteaux Channel, as well as around Betsey and Bruny Islands, you have a wide choice of dive sites and it’s rare that we have to cancel due to bad weather.

For those who want more of a dive adventure, we also run weekend and longer trips to destinations such as Bicheno, Maria Island, the Tasman Peninsula, and down the Channel.

For those with specific interest in marine life, we can show you:

• the critically endangered Spotted Handfish that’s only found in the Derwent estuary
• the Tasmanian Numbfish that elsewhere is found in deeper water on the continental shelf
• seahorses and weedy seadragons
• sea pens
• a range of corals – gorgonia, soft and encrusting corals, octocorals, and sea whips
• nudibranchs
• a range of anemones including our favourite, the jewel anemone

Whether you’re into marine life and photography, the challenges of deep or wreck diving, exploring marine reserves or a kelp forest, we have dives that will interest and excite you regardless of your level of experience. Contact us now to book your dives!